This is a complete list of reports responded to by the Nacogdoches Police Department
P-12 06916- Aggravated Assault- A 36 year old man was stabbed by a known suspect during a disturbance in the parking lot at 1930 Douglass Road. The victim was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries and a warrant has been requested for the arrest of the suspect.
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This is the report from the Nacogdoches County Jail that lists the arrests made from 6 a.m. of the previous day to 6 a.m. of the listed day.
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There is still time to rent your booth space for the 4th annual El Camino Real “Sale on the Trail.” One of the most famous roadways in America, the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail, will be the site of the 200-mile long “Sale on the Trail” the weekend of May 4-5, 2012.
Booth rental spaces will be available around the downtown square from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5. Booth spaces are $5 for one day and $10 for both days and are limited. Vendors can pick up forms at the Visitor Center, 200 E. Main, or download a form at www.VisitNacogdoches.org or www.ci.nacogdoches.tx.us. Vendors must register by Friday, April 27th at 5 p.m. Vendors will be featured and promoted to shoppers on www.VisitNacogdoches.org and www.elcaminorealtx.com. Organizers of the event encourage all churches, clubs, organizations, and individuals to participate.
“Sale on the Trail promises to be a wonderful event this year. The sale is a great way to make extra money for yourself and your organization, and we hope that people along in the community will participate in this annual event,” said Melissa Sanford, executive director of the Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau. “We are excited to once again show off a landmark that is so important to the history of our town and the great state of Texas.”
The “Sale on the Trail” event, planned and promoted by the El Camino Real Caddo Region Trail Partners, which includes the Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau, has been scheduled to promote tourism and acquaint participants with the beautiful highway so important to early history in Louisiana and Texas.
Land owners and businesses from Natchitoches, LA to Crockett, TX will hold yard sales, flea markets, festivals, trade shows, sidewalk sales, etc. along this famous trail, providing a wonderful weekend of touring and shopping.
For more information about Nacogdoches County’s “Sale on the Trail,” please contact Melissa Sanford at (936) 564-7351 or visit www.visitnacogdoches.org. For more information about the booth space rentals, contact Sarah O’Brien at (936) 559-2573. Be our friend on facebook @ See Nacogdoches.
The City of Nacogdoches and Mayor Roger Van Horn are hosting another installment of Coffee with the Mayor on Thursday, April 26, 2012. The event will be held in the City Council Chambers from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., located at 202 E. Pilar Street. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Discussions concerning traffic issues and possible solutions, specifically the intersection of E. Austin and Raquet streets.
Coffee with the Mayor allows citizens a chance to offer fresh ideas and workable solutions on ways to improve Nacogdoches in a less formal setting than a City Council meeting. In addition to Mayor Roger Van Horn, City Staff, including City Manager Jim Jeffers, City Engineer Steve Bartlett, and City Planner Larissa Philpot will be on hand to discuss various traffic related issues. “The City’s traffic committee in conjunction with TXDOT has been looking at workable solutions to help ease congestion in the Raguet area for some time,” said City Manager Jim Jeffers. “We are hopeful that this meeting will bring about some positive solutions to this problem.” One possible solution is a Roundabout, which has recently proven effective in cities across the State.
The intersection of E. Austin and Raquet, which lies in a residential district, is unique because of its proximity to both Raguet Elementary and the SFA Charter School, and warrants a unique solution. A Roundabout is a type of circular intersection in which road traffic flows in one direction around a central island. Roundabouts were once only utilized in the UK, but their effectiveness has led to the development of them nationwide and in Texas in recent years. The Nacogdoches Police Department is currently conducting a traffic survey, including pedestrian counts at the E. Austin and Raquet intersection.
For more information or questions about Coffee with the Mayor, please contact the City Manager’s Office at 936-559-2502.
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Dr. Karol Chandler-Ezell, assistant professor of anthropology at Stephen F. Austin State University, is the recipient of the Ruth Benedict Global Citizenship Award from the Center for a Public Anthropology.
Named to honor one of the 20th century’s most prominent anthropologists, the award recognizes Chandler-Ezell’s exceptionally effective participation in Public Anthropology’s Community Action Online Project, as well as her wider activities in the public sphere. Less than 1 percent of college and university faculty members teaching introductory anthropology courses across North America receive this award.
“Professor Chandler-Ezell is to be commended for how she takes classroom knowledge and applies it to real-world challenges, thereby encouraging students to be responsible global citizens,” said Dr. Rob Borofsky, director of the center. “In actively addressing important ethical concerns within anthropology, she is providing students with the thinking and writing skills needed for active citizenship.”
Chandler-Ezell joined the faculty of SFA’s Department of Social and Cultural Analysis within the College of Liberal and Applied Arts in 2005. She teaches courses in cultural and physical anthropology; qualitative research methods; culture, health and illness; customs, folklore and traditions of America; and magic, cults and the supernatural.
“One of the reasons I do the Public Anthropology project with my cultural anthropology classes is for participation in the SFA eCitizenship Initiative with the American Democracy Project,” she said. The project is a multi-campus initiative focused on higher education’s role in preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens.
She is the author of “Historical Reenactors and ‘the Period Rush’: The Cultural Anthropology of Paracultures,” as well as book chapters on herbal medicine and tonic remedies in the United States. Her memberships include the Societies for Ethnobiology, Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, Phytolith Research, Anthropological Research, and Applied Anthropology, as well as the American Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
Chandler-Ezell earned Bachelors of Science in both biology and physical science from the University of Central Arkansas, a Master of Science in botany from Oklahoma State University, a Master of Psychiatric Epidemiology from Washington University School of Medicine and a Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
The Stephen F. Austin State University bands will present a free “Concert in the Park” at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in the wooded area between the Baker Pattillo Student Center and the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.
Beginning at 1 p.m., Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, honorary band service fraternity and sorority, will be selling hamburger plates that include a hamburger, chips and a drink.
The University Band, conducted by Associate Director of Bands David W. Campo and graduate student Michelle King of Henderson, will open the concert with Randall Standridge’s “Steel” and Karl L. King’s “Coast Guards March.”
The Symphonic Band, under the baton of Assistant Director of Bands Tamey Anglley, will then perform. Included in their selections will be “March of the Belgian Parachutists” by Pierre Leemans.
Among the pieces to be performed by Campo’s Wind Symphony will be Paul Yoder’s “Bobby’s Blues,” featuring SFA Professor of Trumpet Gary Wurtz.
The Wind Ensemble, conducted by SFA Director of Bands Fred J. Allen, will close the concert with Brant Karrick’s “See Rock City” and John Philip Sousa’s “Hands Across the Sea.”
“This will be a great family event,” said Allen. “Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and let us entertain you.”
In case of inclement weather, the concert will be held in Room 121 of the Wright Music Building. For more information, please call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS.
The Stone Fort Museum at Stephen F. Austin State University will offer two June workshops exploring the cultural history of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail.
Map of El Camino Real de los Tejas is courtesy of the National Park Service.
The workshops will be held June 7-8 in Natchitoches, La., and June 14-15 in Victoria.
The chosen locations will provide opportunities for participants to learn from trail historians, walk a portion of the trace and share ideas with fellow educators.
The workshops are the continuation of more than a decade of involvement by the Stone Fort Museum in educational programming and interpretation of the Camino Real. El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail was added to the National Trails System in 2004. It crosses Texas into northwest Louisiana and is the historic trail linking Mexico City with the Spanish Colonial capitol at Los Adaes near Robeline, La.
The June workshops will provide participants with the knowledge and know-how to educate others on the trail and the development of this national resource. Faculty, staff and researchers from across the region will provide instruction on the history of the trail’s development, the historic landscape and research methods currently in use to document trail resources.
Participants will take a field trip and tour a remnant of the trace and historic sites associated with the trail. The resource manual and take-home materials include speakers’ notes, two DVD presentations on the history of the trail, prepared lesson plans, images and an oversized presentation map of the trail. Educators will earn 12 hours of Continuing Professional Education credits as part of the course.
Registration for each workshop is $60 per person and includes all sessions, a workshop manual and resources, a field trip, and four meals. Space in each workshop is limited to 30 participants. The registration deadline is Friday, May 25. To register or learn more, visit www.sfasu.edu/stonefort or contact museum director Carolyn Spears at (936) 468-2408.
El Camino Real de los Tejas Education Workshops are made possible by Challenge Cost Share funds through the National Trails Intermountain Region Office of the National Park Service. Additional support comes from the Cane River National Heritage Area in Louisiana and Victoria Preservation in Texas.
Dr. George L. Hunt, assistant professor of accounting at Stephen F. Austin State University, is the recipient of the 2012 Teaching Excellence Award for Service Learning.
Students in Hunt’s Accounting 343 course are active in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service. The program’s mission is to recruit and train volunteers to provide assistance to lower income taxpayers in filing federal income tax returns.
SFA student members of Beta Alpha Psi, the national accounting honor society, have participated in the VITA program for many years, providing tax assistance for citizens of Nacogdoches and the surrounding area. Participating students have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills developed in class and gain confidence in preparing tax returns while serving the community.
Each year, one full-time SFA faculty member is recognized for outstanding use and implementation of a service-learning component in class. The award is presented in conjunction with the annual Teaching Excellence Convocation, which was held on campus Wednesday.
Hunt joined the faculty of the Nelson Rusche College of Business in 2006 and teaches classes in controls and internal auditing, income tax, principals of management accounting, and accounting and information systems. He received the Best Paper Award from the Clute Institute in 2011 and earned both the Teaching Excellence and Service awards for his college in 2010. Hunt recently was promoted to the rank of associate professor and granted tenure, effective Sept. 1, 2012.
His memberships include the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Institute of Internal Auditors, American Accounting Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Management Accounts.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M University, a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in accounting from Texas State University, and a doctorate degree in accounting from Texas Tech University.
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